Church of San Pietro
Address Corso Vittorio Emanuele, 59, 63068 Montalto delle Marche AP
Description

The Church of San Pietro is part of the Palazzo Paradisi complex, where it originally served as the private chapel. This small square-plan church was restored in 1606 to house the remains of Montalto’s first bishop, Monsignor Paolo Emilio Giovannini, and is a late 16th-century architectural gem, among the lesser-known treasures of southern Marche. The interior is covered by a brick barrel vault from which rises a hemispherical dome on a circular drum. Today, it hosts small concerts, art installations, and civil ceremonies. It overlooks one of the most panoramic terraces in Montalto: the Belvedere.